You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock.

They have a very anti immigration culture, and the one child policy means they’ll have more retirees than working age in a decade or two.

And it’ll only get worse as given their less than replacement birth rate and substantially more males than females.

> You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock.

A slightly aged China will still be able to field more military age men than the whole of Western bloc combined.

I don't know if having a large army matters that much in a nuclear war. I think its more a matter of who has the best antimissile defenses.

In the age of nuclear weapons having a large population might actually be a liability since you have more civilians that need to be defended.

> In the age of nuclear weapons having a large population might actually be a liability since you have more civilians that need to be defended.

You probably never heard of Mao's most famous catchphrase, reflecting perfectly on the thinking of people like Xi Jinping.

The proposal was always TPP or some transnational treaty like that.

You know, the one that went over like a lead ballon and likely cost Hillary the 2016 election?

Likelihood that this kind of treaty coming into force now is essentially nil.

Well, what solution do you propose then?